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Obesity Pandemic

Posted in Medicine, Rants and Raves, tagged , on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD/howardsachs@rocketmail.com
Why is any mention or discussion of the nation’s pandemic of obesity forbidden or restricted at the retirement community where I live? This is despite the appearance of extensive articles in the NY Times, the New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and on TV. The media is not appealing to vanity or [...]

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Thoughts on Michael Jackson — July 1, 2009

Posted in Rants and Raves, tagged , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

July 1st, Entry, —Howard S. – My thoughts on Michael Jackson
Once the News media hits on a story, in this case the death of Michael Jackson, they never seem to know when enough has arrived. The airwaves are filled with “new information surrounding his death.” As most here suspected he died from an overdose of [...]

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Reflections on Obesity, July 19, 2009

Posted in Rants and Raves on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD/howardsachs@rocketmail.com
I haven’t tried to write anything for the past 2 days, but then today’s  Sunday NY Times magazine  had a very descriptive and graphic story by Frank Bruni, entitled “ I Was a Baby Bulimic” which stimulated me to write the following piece:
The last time that I wrote on this subject [...]

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My 83rd Birthday

Posted in My life now, tagged , , , on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

By Howard Sachs MD, PhD/howardsachs@rocketmail.com
A Happy 83rd Birthday, — all made possible by my three daughters. I awoke this morning as usual @7:30 AM, and was out walking in the golden New England fresh air by 8:00, feeling invigorated and in full health, a reward for participating in the full breath of life, by trekking [...]

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July 9 — Beautiful New England Morning

Posted in My life now, tagged , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Howard Sachs, PhD, MD/howardsachs@rocketmail.com
As usual, here, at the retirement community where I live, my aide, Bonnie arrived at 7:30 AM, got me up and into the shower, dressed and shaved, made certain that I took my anti- epilepsy pills, drank some orange juice for my low blood sugar before shoving me out the door [...]

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